>Part of the problem is use of one name. Plants and other 'family'
>members use that name with others.
Problem is, there are no rules correlating plant & animal names, so
the same name can validly appear in both. Orchids are a big family,
and include: Triphora, Malaxis and other names familiar to the
molluscan fraternity.
I don't know about other kingdoms... Protista may be governed by the ICZN.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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